A thousand years after the Great Hyperspace War, the legacy of the Old Sith Empire lived
on through Satal and Aleema Keto, the chosen successors of the Dark Lord Freedon Nadd.
Nadd who ruled as King of Onderon, passed on the knowledge of the ancient Sith, including
the secrets of dark side sorcery and alchemy, taught to him by Naga Sadow the last Dark
Lord of the Old Empire.
Through the Krath, a secret society of their own creation, the Ketos trained others in
the Dark Side and formed an army to embark upon a holy crusade against the Jedi and Republic,
staging a coup against the government of their parents to become the rulers of the Empress
Teta system.
Joining the Ketos in bringing about the resurgence of the Sith, was the Jedi Ulic Qel Droma,
who witnessed the death of his master at the hands of the Krath and turned to the dark
side after being captured in the pursuit of vengeance.
Yet before the Ketos decided what to do with him, the spirit of their Sith Master Freedon
Nadd appeared before them one last time, warning them about another of his students, Exar Kun,
who betrayed him after being trained in the Dark side.
He then declared that Satal, Aleema and Qel Droma were the true heirs to his legacy.
Though he was quickly becoming a master of the Dark Side, Exar Kun was once a Jedi on
the world of Dantooine, where he trained under master Vodo-Siosk Baas.
Brilliant, wilful and determined, Kun became a powerful force user, easily besting his
fellow students in lightsaber combat.
Growing arrogant in his skills, he believed was ready for more advanced teachings, and
grew curious about the ancient Sith.
As his master was unwilling to disclose the information, Exar snuck into his room and
opened his personal holocron, learning about Freedon Nadd, the Sith Lord who ruled as King
of Onderon.
After a confrontation in which Exar Kun nearly struck down a fellow student with a lightsaber
in anger, he fought a duel against his master, who wielded a simple quarterstaff imbued with
his own force energy.
Though Baas quickly defeated his apprentice, Kun reached out with the force and brought
himself a second lightsaber, using the combination to pummel his enemy into submission.
The Jedi then abandoned his studies and left Dantooine to continue his investigation into
the ancient sith.
Posing as a jedi archaeologist, he tried to convince the jedi of Onderon to show him the
relics they took from the former Naddist rulers of the planet, but was denied and exposed
by Master Arca Jeth, who knew his true identity.
Undettered, Exar Kun took his investigation into the streets of Iziz, and found two loyalists
to the old regime who led him to the tomb of Freedon Nadd on the moon of Dxun.
Empowered by the dark side presence, Exar Kun was able to break through Mandalorian
Iron to reach the tomb, where the spirit of Freedon Nadd appeared and gave him a scroll
written by Naga Sadow that revealed the location of old sith homeworld of Korriban.
Despite being fascinated by this forbidden knowledge, Kun wanted to remain a jedi in
service to the light side, yet found himself quickly embracing the dark side when he killed
the Naddists who tried to rob him as he left the tomb.
Travelling to Korriban, the Spirit of Freedon Nadd trapped the jedi inside a temple and
brought down the roof to break his bones, forcing him to accept the dark side to survive.
Tortured by the excruciating effects of dark side healing, his pain rippled out through
the force and was felt by force users all across the galaxy.
At the exact moment this was occuring, the Krath launched an attacked against the Jedi
on Deneba, killing Master Arca Jeth, who died in the arms of his former apprentice Ulic
Qel Droma, setting him down the path of vengeance that led to the dark side.
Fully restored and flowing with dark energy, Exar felt greater than ever before but was
adamant that he was still a jedi and not bound to the dark side.
Yet when he travelled to Yavin 4 to continue his studies, he learned he no longer had the
ability to channel the light side of the force, and so was captured by the native Massassi.
Offered up as a blood sacrifice, Exar Kun had to fully embrace the dark side, reaching
out with the force to take the Sith talisman being used by the Massassi leader, and using
it to channel and amplify his attacks, destroying the sith wyrm they set upon him.
His display was so impressive, Freedon Nadd congratulated his apprentice before saying
they must now turn to the work of Sith Alchemy, in order to prepare a physical body for the
Dark Lord’s return.
But Kun had tired of his master, who constantly tested and deceived him, using the power of
the talisman to destroy his spirit.
Nadd then appeared one last time before the Ketos to warn them about this rogue student
before fading away.
Having defeated the Sith Wyrm, and destroyed the spirit of Freedon Nadd, Exar Kun won the
loyalty of the Massassi and was proclaimed their Dark Lord, becoming ruler of Yavin 4.
Using his newly acquired servants to build more temples and shrines dedicated to the
dark side, his exploration of the moon led to the discovery of Naga Sadow’s alchemy
lab.
Studying the Dark Lord’s work, he learned the ancient knowledge of sith alchemy and
started to transform his Massassi into force wielding war beasts, while also creating a
number of new dark side creatures like Terentateks.
Eventually, he left the moon and travelled to Cinnagar, planning to eliminate Freedon
Nadd’s other students, only to learn that Satal Keto was killed by Qel Droma in a fit
of dark side rage, and he was now leading the Krath alongside his lover, Aleema Keto.
Quickly knocking the woman unconscious, Exar Kun engaged Ulic Qel Droma in a lightsaber
battle, with neither able to gain the advantage.
However they soon realized that each of them wore a half of the same Sith talisman, which
started to glow and summoned forth the spirit of Marka Ragnos, the Dark Lord who ruled during
the Golden Age of the Old Sith Empire.
Stunned and in awe of his presence, they stopped fighting and listened to him proclaim them
both as prophesied heirs to the legacy of the Sith, with Exar Kun named as Dark Lord
and Qel Droma as his first and foremost apprentice.
When the spirit vanished, the hostility between the men was gone, and they clasped hands,
vowing to take down the galaxy together.